The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's guide : being a complete drawing book; in which will be comprised treatises on geometry and perspective as applicable to the above branches of mechanics... The whole illustrated by a series of instructive examples, and numerous engravings. To which is added, a complete series of new and original designs for household furniture, and interior decoration, beautifully and correctly coloured, from the original drawings; and accompanied with useful and practical instructions for the manufacture of the same. Including plans, profiles, and a scale to each, with the mouldings enlarged, for assisting the workman
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Type of record: Book
Title: The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's guide : being a complete drawing book; in which will be comprised treatises on geometry and perspective as applicable to the above branches of mechanics... The whole illustrated by a series of instructive examples, and numerous engravings. To which is added, a complete series of new and original designs for household furniture, and interior decoration, beautifully and correctly coloured, from the original drawings; and accompanied with useful and practical instructions for the manufacture of the same. Including plans, profiles, and a scale to each, with the mouldings enlarged, for assisting the workman
Other titles: Smith's cabinet-maker's & upholsterer's guide, drawing book, and repository of new and original designs for household furniture and interior decoration
Classmark: Bedford Collection A084
Creator(s): Smith, George (1786-1828)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Braess, G W (Former owner); Michell, GV (Former owner)
Publisher: Published by Jones and Co. Acton Place, Kingsland Road
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1826
Language: English
Size and medium: viii, 219 [1] p., CLIII [153] leaves of plates (engraved; some col.)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/722353
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019784590805181
Description
With additional titlepage, engraved: Smith's cabinet-maker's & upholsterer's guide, drawing book, and repository of new and original designs for household furniture and interior decoration... 1826.
Plates dated 1826-1828: do not match the text either in numerical order, or in date order of publication.
Apparently issued in parts -- p.vii-viii.
Includes index.
Bedford Collection copy A107 [item 6 in a bound volume of 7 items] is an incomplete copy: plate III Drawing Room Chairs and plate II Drawing Room Window Curtains only.
Features
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A084: loose note in John Bedford's hand indicating that WCJ Braess was a cabinet manufacturer, 4 Crawford St, 1834 and 1837.
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A084: contemporary calf, re-backed, gold and blind tooled on cover and spine.
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A107: contemporary half calf, marbled paper over boards, gold tooled on spine.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A084: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: FEo/25. MS. inscription on title page: G W Braess [i.e. possibly related to WCJ Braess (fl. 1820-1845), cabinet-maker and upholsterer, 4 Crawford St, Portman Square, London]. MS. annotation in John Bedford's hand on front flyleaf referring to the misnumbering of plates.
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A107: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference [on front pastedown of volume]: Ao/14. MS. inscription in pencil on front pastedown [of volume]: G V Michell Chapel Terrace. MS. sketches possibly by G V Michell on final leaves of furniture and arches, in pencil and ink, some hand coloured, and with scale/measurements.
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